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05/11/2022

I am saddened to hear what has happened today with Senator Azam Swati, for the first time in my life I feel ashamed of where we are living. A respected senator of the National Assembly was stripped naked and now all this, at least as a human being, an elderly person should be respected. I am suffering all this, and as a Pakistani I condemn this thing.

31/10/2022

28/10/2022

People are joining Azadi March in large numbers.

28/10/2022

27/10/2022

Barrister Hamad Azhar visited the Long March camp.

27/10/2022

Scenes outside the house of Arshad Sharif Shaheed, slogans of a large number of people, ARSHAD TERE KHOON SE INQALAB AYEGA .
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27/10/2022

The social media cell of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf has rubbished the narrative of all political parties, PDM and their social media team.
At present, the only narrative seen in the whole of Pakistan which every child knows is the narrative of Tehreek-e-Insaf, which was made possible by the efforts of Tehreek-e-Insaf on social media.
Journalist Iqrarul Hasan

27/10/2022

On the occasion of this grief, the entire team of World Today sympathizes with Arshad Sharif's family. Arshad Sharif was a great example of journalism, unfortunately Pakistan has lost a valuable asset like Arshad Sharif, at this time the whole country is in a state of mourning. Arshad Sharif's name will always be remembered in the world of journalism. Our sympathies are with Arshad's family. May Allah give them patience.

27/10/2022

The long march of former prime minister Imran Khan that is scheduled to begin on Friday from Lahore will proceed to the town of Shahdara on the outskirts of the provincial capital on the first day, according to the schedule shared by the party.

Khan announced on Tuesday he would begin the march with his supporters from Lahore to Islamabad on Friday to call for early elections.

Smaller protests by his supporters took place last week after the election tribunal found him guilty of “unlawfully selling” gifts from foreign dignitaries and heads of state, removing him from his seat in the National Assembly.

The protest will begin at 11:00 am from Liberty Chowk neighbourhood and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman will deliver his last speech of the first day at Azadi Chowk near Minar-i-Pakistan.

From Liberty Chowk, the march will then proceed to Kalma Chowk via Gulberg Main Boulevard. From there, the marchers will the following day begin their journey to Shahdara.

The party has directed its activists to launch a publicity campaign and install camps along the protest route.

Meanwhile, additional contingents of law enforcement personnel have been deployed in Islamabad to tackle the march.

“Steps being taken to implement a plan of blocking roads,” reports citing sources said. “Containers have already been brought at several points to block the roads and arrangements are being made to keep the cranes on standby to place more containers,” they said.

Source: Pakistan Today

27/10/2022

The Supreme Court turned down the government’s request to stop Imran Khan from holding a long march on Islamabad, and Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial advised the administration of the prime minister to hold talks with the chair of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).

The government of the multi-party Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) coalition filed a contempt of court plea against Khan in the Supreme Court over his plan to protest to force the centre to call snap elections.

The petition came a day after Khan announced he would begin the much-anticipated protest march with his supporters from Lahore to Islamabad on Friday to call for early elections.

Source: Pakistan Today

27/10/2022

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Wednesday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman granted pardon and ordered release of Pakistani pilgrims who were jailed over sloganeering and hounding a PM-led delegation at Masjid-i-Nabwi in Madina this April.

27/10/2022

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) divulged the plan of the long-awaited ‘Haqqeqi Azaadi Long March’, PTI Central Secretary General Asad Umar said that the party delivered an application to Deputy Commissioner Islamabad, seeking permission for a ground between G-9 and H-9 for holding jalsas and sit-in starting from November 4.

In a statement issued from PTI Central Media Department (CMD) here on Wednesday, Asad Umar revealed that the PTI Islamabad’s long march would be started from Liberty Chowk, Lahore on Friday and would reach Islamabad on November 4.

He said that application for jalsas and sit-in starting from November 4 in the ground between G-9 and H-9 delivered to DC Islamabad.

PTI Islamabad President Ali Awan in a letter to Deputy Commissioner Islamabad that the PTI had decided to hold jalsas/sit-in from November 4 known as Haqeeqi Azaadi March as Srinagar Highway between H-9 and G-9 near weekly Bazaar Islamabad as per the decision of the apex court.

He said that ex-Prime Minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan would lead the Haqeeqi Azaadi March and sit-in. Ali Nawaz Awan also requested the DC Islamabad to take necessary measures especially related to security for the peaceful public gathering.

Asad Umar revealed that the long march would start on October 28 from Liberty Chowk and would pass through Ferozpur Road, Azadi Chowk, Ichhra, Mazang and Data Darbar.
He said that the Long March would depart from Lahore on October 29, which would pass through Muridke, Kamonki, Gujranwala, Daska and Sialkot.

Asad Umar stated that apart from this, the long march would pass through Sambaryal, Wazirabad, Gujarat, Lala Musa and Kharian.

He hoped that Inshallah Imran Khan along with tsunami of people would reach Islamabad on November 4 via Jhelum, Gujjar Khan and Rawalpindi. Asad Umar said that the convoys from all over Pakistan would reach Islamabad on November 4.

27/10/2022



NATIONAL

October 26, 2022

Islamabad police to deploy 13,086 officers in capital, ahead of Imran’s long march

ByStaff Report



Islamabad police announced to deploy 13,086 police officer in the capital, ahead of Imran Khan’s long march.

The Islamabad police have completed their preparation for the long march, according to a notice issued today.

The notice stated that a total of 13,086 officers, including two deputy inspector generals of police, four senior superintendents of police and 11 superintendents of police will be posted at the long march venue. Thirty assistant superintendents of police and deputy superintendents of police will also be posted.

Moreover, 4,265 Frontier Corps officers, 3,600 Rangers personnel and 1,022 policemen from the Sindh police will be on duty during the march.

The officers will be provided 616 tear gas guns, 50,050 shells, 611 twelve-bore guns and 36,700 rounds. Moreover, 2,430 masks and 374 vehicles will also be given to the police.

All police officers and personnel have been instructed to remained unarmed.

Earlier, it has been reported that over 500 containers have been placed on a standby at 22 different spots of capital, including Margalla Hills to counter the PTI long march.

Officers of the capital police revealed that 1,100 containers had been arranged to seal the capital completely during the PTI’s long march and out of the total 525 containers have been placed at 22 different roadsides so far.

They further said that 140 containers had been placed at Convention Centre, followed by 95 at Faizabad, 40 at Srinagar Highway near Shakarparian, 39 at Srinagar Highway near metro station, 25 at IJP Road near I-8 turn, 22 at D Chowk, 20 each at Kak Bridge, Old Motorway Toll Plaza, 14 at Margalla Hills, 12 each at T-Cross Rawat, Sarena Chowk, Margalla Road, near Aga Khan Road, nine at Nadra Chowk, eight each at Express Chowk, Service Road near Nardra, near Rawal Lake, Satra Meel, six at 26 No Chongi, five at Khayaban Chowk, four each at Barri Imam, Zero Point, two at Banni Gala Road (Bara Kahu to Imran Khan residence).

Nadra Chowk have been sealed with containers, and three Quick Reponse Force (QRF) vehicles of Rangers are patrolling the area, they said, adding that D-Chowk has also been sealed with the containers and the razor wires.

It is pertinent to note that the notice has been issued soon after PTI leader Asad Umar announced the itinerary of his party’s “Haqeeqi Azadi March” to Islamabad, slated to commence on October 28 (Friday) from Lahore’s Liberty Chowk.

The march’s commencement date was announced on Tuesday by former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan. “We will gather at Liberty Chowk at 11am on Friday, and set off for Islamabad,” he had said. “We will go to Islamabad treading GT (Grand Trunk) Road and occupy the point already allowed by the courts.

“We will stay peaceful. If any disruption comes, it would be from the other side, not ours. We are aiming for soft revolution. We are not going to Islamabad to create any mischief,” Imran assured, adding that despite all his peaceful intentions he was ready for arrest as well.

Revealing the protest schedule in a series of tweets today, Umar said that the march will begin on Friday from Lahore’s Liberty Chowk and move onto the Azadi Chowk via the Ferozepur Road through Ichhra, Mozang and Data Darbar.

Source: Pakistan Today

27/10/2022

Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif while reacting to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s announcement about the party’s long march, said that Imran Khan’s long march is not for any revolution but to appoint the army chief of his choice.

Taking to Twitter, the former PM penned that “People have seen Imran Khan’s revolution in his four years tenure, and this long march is not for revolution but to appoint the army chief of his choice.”

Source: Pakistan Today

27/10/2022

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Wednesday said that the federal government would call in the armed forces — including the Pakistan Army and rangers — to deal with the participants of the Long March.

Speaking during a private channel talk show, Sanaullah said that the government will take PTI’s long march and its participants head-on by taking all possible security measures for the maintenance of law and order.

“Yes, surely we will call the army under Article 245 [of the Constitution]. We will also call the rangers. Police and FC will form the first line [of defence] and they will be armed with tear gas [shells] and rubber bullets to control the mob. And if any weakness appears anywhere, the rangers and the army will be there to support,” Sanaullah shared.

Source: Pakistan Today

27/10/2022

PTI leader Faisal Vawda on Wednesday claimed that journalist Arshad Sharif’s murder was a “pre-planned conspiracy” hatched in Pakistan, saying evidence of the crime was erased.

Addressing a presser here at Islamabad Press Club on Thursday, Vawda said that no evidence of the incident or the slain journalist’s mobile or laptop will be found as “they have been erased,” expressing his resolve to reveal the truth behind the gruesome killing.

“This is a cold-blooded planned murder,” he alleged, saying that he was in contact with the journalist since the day the self-exiled anchorperson left the country.
Source: Pakistan Today

25/10/2022

Movenpick hotel Karachi after recent facade uplift.

25/10/2022

I will start the long march from Liberty Lahore on Friday at 11 am. This will be the biggest march in the history of Pakistan. No one will be able to stop it. IMRAN KHAN

25/10/2022

WhatsApp services have gone down across Pakistan.

25/10/2022

The United Kingdom, which has elected his third Prime Minister in matter of two months, Rishi Sunak, in headlines for being the Indian Origin to rule the UK.

But the truth is that Rishi Sunak was born in Southampton in the UK. His father was born in Kenya, Mother in Tanzania. His grandparents were from Gujranwala, Pakistan.

His family was migrated from East Africa in 1960s. Only this Indian origin thing is his wife, who is a daughter of Indian Billionaire.

25/10/2022

The second and last solar eclipse of year 2022 will take place today (Tuesday), said Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD) officials in a statement.

In Pakistan, the solar eclipse will begin at 1:58pm and end at 6.02pm with the greatest eclipse occurring at 4pm.

25/10/2022

Arshad Sharif died on Sunday night in Kenya in a reported shooting incident. He was killed after being hit by a bullet in the head as his car crossed a police blockade. Admitting to the killing, Kenyan police has called it an incident of ‘mistaken identity’.

24/10/2022

Mother of Arshad Sharif.

24/10/2022

Arshad Sharif's Mother to Imran Khan: "IK gawah rehna mere bacchay is mulk ke liye qurbaan hogai"

Imran Khan to Arshad Sharif's mother: "Maa jee mein appse wa'ada krta hon appke baccho ki qurbani zaya nhi honey don ga"

24/10/2022

Al Jazeera report on Kenya Police fake Encounters. we don't arrest we are Sharpshooters.

24/10/2022

According The Star, a credible news outlet and one of the biggest in Kenya “Arshad Sharif was shot in the head and killed by police after he and his driver allegedly breached a roadblock that had been set up to check on motor vehicles using the route.”

“They were driving from Magadi town to Nairobi when they were flagged down at a roadblock being manned by a group of police officers, police said.”

“According to police, at the roadblock, there was a call for police to intercept a car similar to the one they were driving following a carjacking incident in Pangani area, Nairobi where a child was taken hostage.”

“And a few minutes later, Sharif’s car emerged at the roadblock and they were stopped and asked to identify themselves,” reads the news report.

“They allegedly failed to stop and drove past the roadblock.”

“This prompted a brief chase and shooting that left Sharif dead. Their car rolled and his driver was injured and taken to hospital.”

“He later told police he and his slain colleague were developers and were headed for a site in Magadi.”

24/10/2022

Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan reached the house of Shaheed Arshad Sharif to express his condolences.

24/10/2022

Senior Journalist and anchorperson Arshad Sharif has been shot dead in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi.

Sharif’s wife Javeria Siddiqui took to Twitter and confirmed the tragic news, acknowledging that her husband was killed in Kenya.

She also urged the media and the public not to share their family pictures, personal details, and Sharif’s last pictures from the hospital on social media.

Local police have initiated a probe and are investigating the matter, the sources said.

Before the confirmation from his wife came to the fore, some earlier reports had indicated that Sharif had died in an accident.

Sharif was previously associated with ARY News and had gone to Dubai after resigning from the channel. Before going to Kenya, he was spotted in London a few days back after arriving from Dubai.

Source: Start-up Pakistan

21/10/2022

IK's message to the nation

19/10/2022

Speech Impaired Athlete Saad Ch, Pakistan's Soft Tennis Rank no 2 in Double and 4th in Singles, wins 4th position in recently held soft tennis tournament in South Korea.

Saad Ch alongside other 3 athletes from Pakistan represented their country in NHNongHup Bank Inchon Korea-cup international Soft Tournament at Inchon City last month.

After South Korean Games, Saad is leaving for Turkey Soft Tennis Tournament this week. He thanked his sponsors KFC, Serena Hotels and Voice of DHA for sponsoring his Turkey endeavours.

Alongside Turkey's Soft Tennis Championship, Saad will also represent Pakistan in other two tournament in Turkey as well. For that, he seeks for the sponsorship worth PKR 100,000. Two days left for the tournament registration and he will leave for Turkey on 21st October

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18/10/2022

Lahore ranked first, and Karachi has been second most polluted city on the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday.

Pakistan’s two biggest cities have got the dubious distinction of soaring to first and second from the top in the most polluted cities of the world on the air pollution measurement scale.

Lahore was measured to have 187 hazardous particulate matter and Karachi 179 particulate matter, according to the air quality index.

It is to be mentioned here that AQI as high as 151-200 is considered unhealthy, while an AQI reading between 201 to 300 is more harmful and AQI over 300 mark is dubbed extremely hazardous.

According to experts, the air becomes heavier in the winter as compared to summer, causing poisonous particles in the atmosphere to move downwards and making the atmosphere polluted. As a result, a layer of polluted particles, including large amounts of carbon and smoke, covers a city.

The smoke produced by factories and by burning coal, garbage, oil or tyres enters the atmosphere and the effects of this appear at the onset of winter and remain till the season’s end, experts said.

Thus, air pollution reaches extremely dangerous levels in cold weather, severely compromising air quality.

Although southwestern winds blowing from the sea in Karachi may work as a filter for the air, these winds remain mostly suspended during the winter, according to experts.

They noted that winds blowing from the northeast increase the concentration of hidden polluted particles, and a healthy atmosphere in such a situation is subject to rainfall, which washes off all polluted particles.

The AQI calculation is based on five categories of pollution: ground-level ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide.

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18/10/2022

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Monday reduced Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) on networks of the SNGPL and SSGCL has been slashed by up to 2.28 per cent for the current month of October 2022.

According to OGRA determination, the authority fixed RLNG price for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) at $14.7850 per MMBTU and $15.1865 per MMBTU for Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) for October 2022.

According to the details, the authority has decreased the price for the consumers of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) by $2.19 per MMBTU which is 12.92 per cent lower than the RLNG price in September. After the decision to cut RLNG price, the price of imported RLNG has gone down to $14.7850/MMBTU for October.

Similarly, the price for consumers of Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) has been reduced by $2.28/MMBTU which is 13.10pc less than the previous month’s notified price. After the reduction, the price of imported RLNG has reduced to $15.1865/MMBTU for the October.

According to OGRA, a total of eight LNG cargoes were imported by Pakistan State Oil (PSO) under two long term contracts with Qatar while Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) procured one LNG cargo during October.
The decrease in rates will also reduce the cost of electricity generated from RLNG based power plants during October.

It is pertinent to mention that OGRA determined RLNG price for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) at $16.9779 per Million British Thermal Unit (MMBTU) and $17.4762 per MMBTU for Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) for September 2022.

Source: Pakistan Today

18/10/2022

A district and sessions court here on Monday summoned the deputy administrator of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) over an eviction notice to Lal Haveli.

According to details, Awami Muslim League Chief Sheikh Rashid filed an appeal in the Court to momentarily abstain the department from dispossessing him of a property adjacent to his Lal Haveli residence.

Earlier, the ETPB had served a notice to Sheikh Rashid directing him to vacate the land and rooms adjacent to his Lal Haveli residence within seven days.

While hearing the case, Additional District and Sessions Judge Khursheed Alam Bhatti asked the ETPB officials to appear before the court on October 18.

18/10/2022

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central Secretary General Asad Umar vowed that the people of the country would give unequivocal and unambiguous verdict against the imported government in Sunday’s by-polls by casting votes to the PTI to say ‘goodbye to slavery’ once and for all.

Talking to media persons, PTI Central Secretary General urged the people that it was not an ordinary elections but a jihad to rid the country of these cable of crooks to achieve the real independence.

He said that all the political analysts and observers were unanimous on the point that PTI Chairman would quite comfortable thrash its political opponents to regain power in the country if ECP held fair and transparent elections.

However, Asad said that the ECP did not work as in impartial state institutions, as there were reports cropped up from several polling stations of severe electoral irregularities.

He stated that police special branch people were sitting in polling stations in Karachi and were trying to influence the votes, adding that Rana Sanaullah also run the elections campaign in sheer violations of election code of conduct.

Umar went on to say that let see what the ECP should do on these massive irregularities, as it was said that notice was taken. However, he added that whether it would remain mere a notice or some practical and tangible actions were taken against the responsible people.

Terming the turn out good, he said that ‘today’s evening the nation will tell clearly that they will not accept slavery come what may’.

Taking about the country’s crippling economic situation, PTI Secretary General expressed apprehension, as the country was going from bad to worse, as reports emanating from international markets were clearly indicating that Pakistan was fast heading towards default.

He said that the imported government compounded the miseries of the people manifolds by breaking all records of inflation and now the gas prices would be increased alarmingly to further add fuel to fire.

Source: Pakistan Today

18/10/2022

Former prime minister and ruling PML-N’s supremo Nawaz Sharif has expressed annoyance over his party’s “worst defeat” in Sunday’s by-elections, directing the party officials to set up a fact-finding committee on the by-poll drubbing.

PML-N sources reported on Monday that chaotic scenes were witnessed at party huddles with after Nawaz expressed dissatisfaction over the party leadership’s performance in yesterday’s by-elections in three provinces of the country and directed the ministers and senior party leaders to submit the report on the thumping defeat.

The PML-N leadership submitted a preliminary report on election defeat to Nawaz Sharif, in which rising inflation and massive increase in electricity prices were quoted as major reasons behind the defeat.

The insiders added the report also held party’s renewed ‘conciliatory narrative’ and lack of senior leadership interest in the party affairs responsible for the upset in by-polls.

Source: Pakistan Today

18/10/2022

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Monday warned PTI chief Imran Khan that the government will respond with “full force” if he announces a long march and enters the federal capital.

Speaking during a press conference here, the interior minister said that Khan has started the culture of bringing huge crowds out on the streets, but the government knows how to end it. “We also know how to take a similar path,” he said.

Sanaullah said that Khan’s behaviour is not in the favour of the nation as he wants to “spread anarchy in Pakistan”.

Source: PakistToday

18/10/2022

Musadik Malik, the Minister of State for Petroleum, on Monday warned that gas loadshdding is inevitable in the coming months despite the arrangement of additional 200 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) liquefied natural gas (LNG) in January-February 2023, compared to the same period last year.

“Despite the availability of an extra LNG cargo during the upcoming peak winter season, gas load-shedding will be inevitable,” Malik said while briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum in a meeting held under the chair of Chairman Committee, Senator Mohammad Abdul Qadir.

“In January, Pakistan will have ten LNG cargoes, while in February nine of them will be available for local consumption, while this extra liquefied gas will be imported by state-run companies.”

Malik said the government would encourage the private sector to invest in new LNG terminals.

The state petroleum minister was critical of the supply of gas to the fertiliser-makers at discounted rates.

“The gas costing Rs4,000/MMBTU was being supplied to the fertiliser factories for just Rs250/MMBTU under the pressure of the fertiliser mafia,” the minister said.

A poor common consumer pays $17/MMBTU, while the exporting sector gets the same gas for $9/MMBTU; however, it is provided to the fertiliser-makers at a meagre $1.35-3/MMBTU.

“It is true exports are also important, the gas sector circular debt has ballooned to Rs1,500 billion,” he said adding, “We have to strike a balance between gas prices. We did not buy gas when it was available at $2-2.5/MMBTU. Now it has reached $40/MMBTU.”

Malik also informed the meeting that the country was also planning to import 20,000 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for winter months.

Speaking on the occasion, PTI’s Senator Saifullah Abro said foreign investment in the gas sector would be highly welcome. “However, we need to be careful lest these investing companies should trap the country into paying them capacity payments like some independent power producers (IPPs),” Senator Abro said.

During the meeting, Abro and Malik traded barbs over mismanagement in the buying of LNG.

Source: Pakistan Today.

18/10/2022

Senior journalist Imran Riaz Khan and PTI's Shehbaz Gill's interesting tweet about the Netflix series on corruption.